Famous People with Name Yelena

Yelena Vyacheslavovna Dementyeva            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Yelena Vyacheslavovna Dementyeva: is a female diver from the People's Republic of China and is considered to be the most successful woman diver in Olympic history.Guo represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 meter women's synchronized springboard along with Wu Minxia, before winning her first individual Olympic gold in the 3 meter women's springboard.[2]After the Athens Olympics, Guo became a Chinese national sports figure in the public eye, with a contract with McDonald's, as well as multiple other endorsement contracts. She was later banned by the national team for excessive commercial activities, but was later accepted back to the team when she agreed to focus on diving and give up many promotional activities.[3] Guo is the leading member of the Chinese national women's diving team, and is known in China as "The Princess of Diving".

Yelena Dembo            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Yelena Dembo: is a Greek International Master of chess, who has also represented Hungary.On the October 2008 FIDE rating list for women, she is ranked 37th in the world, with a rating of 2446. She became a Woman Grandmaster when she was 17 years old, and an International Master at age 19.[2] She is also a chess teacher and author.

Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova: was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at t

Yelena Petrovna Anatova            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yelena Petrovna Anatova: is an rower from the Soviet Union.She competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the single sculls event where she finished in third place.

Yelena Kashcheyeva            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yelena Kashcheyeva: is a Kazakhstani long jumper.In 2004 she reached the long jump final at the Olympic Games, finishing twelfth. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2003 without ever reaching the final.